Cigar-vending machine.



PATENTED MAY 29 A. M. STANLEY. CIGAR VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED DEG. 5. 1904.

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PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

A. M. STANLEY.

CIGAR VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED 1520.5, 1904.

PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

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CIGAR VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 5, 1904.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenten May ae, 190e.

Application filed December 5, 1904. Serial No. 235,470.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT M. STANLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Wellington, in the county of Sumner and State of l Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar Vending Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to amachine for vending cigars and including therein coin-controlled mechanism by which the` cigars are automatically discharged from the machine when a coin is delivered thereinto to release and permit the operation of a motor by which the cigar-delivery mechanism is actuated.

Figure I is a perspective view of my machine. Fig. II is an enlarged vertical section taken on line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is an enlarged vertical cross-section taken through the case ofthe machine and showing the cigar-delive mechanism in eleyation. Fig. IV is an en arged vertical cross-section'taken on a line extending through the cigar-delivery mechanism, the parts surrnounting said mechanism, and the motor b which said mechanism is operated. Fig. is a horizontal sectiontaken on line V V, Fig. III, with parts beneath said line shown in plan. Fig. VI is a vertical cross-section taken on line VI VI, Fig.

III. Fig. VII is a face view of the motor-governor. Fig. VIII is a vertical cross-section taken on line VIII VIII, Fig. III. a similar view to Fig.VIII, illustratinga single cigar-holding box in lieu of the partitioned box seen in Fig. VIII. Fig. X is an enlarged vertical section taken on line X X Fig. II. Fig. XI is an enlarged vertical section taken' on line XI XI, Fig. III. Fig. XII is yan enlarged vertical section of the lower end of the cigar-holding box, showing the weight therein which controls the gate at the entrance of the coin-chute.

The case A of my vending-machine consists of the following parts: 1 is the base of the case; 2, the top; 3, the rear wall, and 4 the side walls. The side walls are provided with forward extensions 5, which have inturned flanges 6 at their front edges, within which the front door 7 fits. The extensions 5 of the side walls are provided at their upper edges with inturned flanges 5, on which seats a shelf 1 1, (see Figs. I and II the shelf being provided at each end with brackets 12, that engage beneath Fig. IX is 4 l the flan es 5 and serve to hold the shelf in place. n the side walls 4 are side openings 13, in which are transparent panes 14, through .which a view of the interior of the machine may be secured.

15 is the front of the case A, which is provided with one or 4more coin entrance-ways 16. (See Figs. I and II.)

17 is a front plate secured to the front of the case A and provided immediately above the shelf 1l with one or more cigar-exits 18. In this front plate is a transparent ane 19, and at the rear ofthe front of the p ate is a display-box 20, that is provided with means for supporting cigars in a position to be readily observable through the pane 19 in the front plate of the case. In the display-box is a side opening 21, through which a` view may be obtained to observe the internal-revenue fstam applied to the cigar-holding box loat the rear of said displaycate immediately box. l

B designates a boxing within the lower part of the case A and in whichthe motor and cigardelivery mechanismof my lmachine are located. Supported upon the bottom of the boxing B is arnotor 22, that may be of springoperated type, as illustrated in Fig. IV, or of any othersuitable type. On the power-shaft 23 of thismotor is a toothed wheel 24, that ceives an endless chain 25, the utility of which will be hereinafter set forth, and on the controlling-shaft 26 of the motor are stems 27, the utility of which will also be hereinafter pointed out. pair of spring governor-arms 28, equipped with Weights 29, which operate within a case 30, (see Figs. VI and VII,)) secured to one of the motor side walls. These governor-arms are of a curved form, as seen in Fig. VII, and when the motor-controllin shaft 26 attains more than a normal spee of rotation the arms are caused to straighten, due to a centrifugal motion, and the weights 29 are therefore thrown outwardly to impinge against the case 30 and ride in frictional contact therewith to act as a brake in retarding the speed of the motor-controlling shaft.

31 designates a pair of hanger-frames suspended-from the top of the boxing B, each hanger-frame bein provided with a bracketarm 32 and one of the hanger-frames being provided additionally with a leg 33, that bears an arm 34.

35 designates toothed wheels of the cigar- The controlling-shaft bears lav lOO IIO

. their ends 'as seen in and 40 represents pusher-fingers carried by.

these cross-rods, the ngers being offset from each other, as seenv in Fig. VIII, so that they will travel in different paths.

'The top of the boxing'B constitutes a table 41, that provided with slots 42, through which the pusher-fingers 40 may pass in their travel,'the slotsbein preferably enlarged at Iiig. V, in order that the` enlarged tree ends of the pusher-fingers may enter thereinto previous to their travel above the table into the position seen in Figs. IV and l' p 43jdesi ates'sockets'surmounting the table 41 'anx in which the' cigar-holding box 44 seats in an upright position. VThe box 44 is provided with a central partition 45, that subdivid'es the box into two compartmentsY one immediatelysurmountin one of the slots 42 and the other immediate vy surmounting the other slot' 42. At one side of the box 44 is a door 46, through which access is gained to the interior ofthe box'. 'The artitlon 45 is removable, so that cigars may be placed in one compartment of the box, the partition then introduced, andv the cigars laid onto said partition in the other compartment, after which the door is closed.'

While I prefer to use the partitioned cigarholdingv box 44 and utilize the4 'two sets of pusher-fin ers 40-forejecting cigars from the multiple compartments in said box, I may, as illustrated in Fig. IX, utilize in my ma'- chine the ordinary cigar-stock box 44 from -which one end is broken, so thatwhen the box is seated in a ho yper 43 the cigars will be delivered from' the box throu h said ho per onto the table 41, to be ejecte from the opperby pusher-fingers 40 that travel through a single slot 42 invsaid vtable and are carried byl the endless drive-chain 38 47 designates a coin-chute that leads from the` coin entrance-way 16.- This coin-chute is made with compound curves to obviate the possibili-ty Aof a wire being passed therethrough to operate the coin-controlled 'mechanism of the machine, and at the'lower discharge end of the coin-chute is a transverse slot 48 (see Fig. XI) and a longitudinal slot 49. (See Figs., II, III, IV, and XI.)

50 designates a trigger that isv pivotally supported at 5l by the hanger-frame leg 33 and the forward arm of which operates within theslot- 48 in the coin-chute; The rear arm of the trigger 50 extendsv in juxtaposition with the controlling-shaft stems 27 and is provided with a stop-pin 52, that is adapted to engage oneof said stems and hold the controlling-shaft against rotation when the forward end of the trigger is in elevated position previous to the introduction of a coin into the chute 47. When a coin is introduced and descends in the chute, it falls onto the forward end of the trigger and depresses it, thereby elevating the triggers rear arm and freeing the controlling-shaft 26, due to the removal of the stop-pin 52 therefrom. The motor is then permitted to operate and transmits motion to the toothed wheel-shaft 36, to which it is geared, thereby causing travel' of the endless chains 28 -to convey one of the pusher-fingers 40 through a slot 42 in the table 41 to. act upon the lowermost cigar in the surmounting tier descending from the cigarholding box.

' 53 designates a weighted gravitating stem looselyl mounted 'in the leg-carried arm 34 of the hanger-frame 31 and having its'lower end positioned immediately above the rear arm of the trigger 50.

54 is a rock-shaft pivotally mounted in the hanger-frame bracket-arm 32 and provided with a blade 55, that projects upwardly from the shaft in the path of travelfof the pusherfingers, to be, engaged and tripped by said fingers when they travel thereto in the downward portion of their course of travel. The rock-shaft 54 has fixed to it an arm 56, that normally rests ,upon a supporting-post 57 and is adapted to be swung upwardly to the rear arm of the trigger 5() when the rocksha'ft 54 is rotated by the engagement of a pusher-finger wi'th its blade. When this movement occurs, the arm 56 is elevated to the rear arm of the trigger and raises the said arm against the depressing action of the weighted stem 53, with a result that the forward end of the trigger is lowered fromthe position seen in full lines, Fig. XI, to the position seem in dotted lines at the bottom of said gure, therebypermitting the previouslysupported coin to pass from the coin-chute fthrou h the slot 49 and fall into the till X, place to receive it. After this operation has taken place the trigger 50 is caused to resume its normal position, due to the down- Ward pressure of the weighted stem 53 against the rear'arm of the trigger, and the stop-pin 52 moves into a osition in front of the motor-controlling-sha t stem 27, moving thereto, and the operationy of thel motor is stopped, thereby bringing the cigar-delivery mechanism into a condition of rest until another coin is introduced to cause operation of the parts, as before.

For the purpose of preventing the introduction of any implement into the cigar- IIO keeper 59.v

compartments of the machine through the ci ar-exits 18 I rovide a mechanism that will now be descri ed.

58 is a chamber that surmounts the table 41 at its forward end and through which the cigars pass to the exits 18 as they are pressed forwardly by the pusher-lingers 40 of the delivery mechanism, as seen in Fig. IV. This chamber is provided with an apertured 60 is a gate the arms of which are pivoted at 61 .to the forward cigar-holding box-socket 43. The forward .portion of this ate is ada ted to swing in a ath of travel irectly at tfie 'rear of the cham er 58.

62 is a gravitating trip member carried by As the cigars are pressed forwardly by the,

delivery'mechanism in discharging them the forward end of each cigar strikes against the trip member 62 and by rocking said tri member causes the lever-arm 65, associate therewith, to be thrown rearwardly, with the result that the bolt 66 is withdrawn from the keeper 59, thereby-freeing the gate 60, so the cigar may elevate it while it passes thereunder and is discharged. After the cigar has been delivered the gate returnsto its lower position .by gravitation, and it is again secured, due to the trip member 62 falling into suspended condition and causing the bolt 66 to be shot into the'kee er 59.

For the purpose o reventing the introduction of a com into t e machine when it is empty I utilize a gate 67, (see Fig. X,) pivoted at 68 to the case of the machine and adaped to swing to the coin entrance-way 16, the gate being preferably of L shape, as shown. The gate has connected to it a cord 68, that passes to and over sheaves 69 and then into.

the cigar-holding box 44. Within the cigarholding box and resting upon the ci ars therein is a weight 70, (see Flgs. II an XII,) to

which the cord 68 is connected. This weight` is adapted to travel downwardly in the cigarbox, and when the sup ly of cigars is exhausted and the weight as reached the botv ytioned in the -and an arm .tom of the box, as seen in Fig. XII, the cord dotted lines, Fig. X, where 1t rests against a stop 71 and serves to close the coin entrance-` wa Xs will be understood from the drawings and foregoing descri tion, the ci ars are ejected from my mac 'ne endwise y pressure applied to the'rear ends thereof.' By constructing the machine so that the cigars are so ejected I avoid all liability of the wrappers l of lthe cigars being broken when they are ejected, which is extremely liable to occur in machines in which the cigars are ejected sidewise.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a cigar-vending machine, the combination of a cigar-receptacle, a carrier rovided with means for ej ecting/the cigars om said receptacle,y a motor having a controllingshaft, a coin-actuated trigger f for engagement with said controlling-shaft, a coinchute in which said trigger enters to support a coin therein, and means actuatedb said carrier for tripping said trigger sai lastnamed means consistingof a rock-shaft, a blade carried by said rock-shaft and posiath of travel of said carrier,

ed to said rock-shaft and adfpted to be moved into enga ement with sai trigger, substantially as set forth.

r2. In a cigar-vending machine, the combination of 'a cigar-receptacle, a carrier provided with means for ejecting the cigars from said receptacle, a ymotor having a controllingshaft, a coin-actuated trigger for engagement with said controlling-shaft, a coinchute in which said trigger enters to support a coin therein, and means actuated b said carrier for tripping said trigger; sai lastnamed means consisting of a rock-shaft, a

blade carried by said rock-shaft and posi- ALBERT M. STANLEY.

In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, NELLIE V. ALEXANDER.

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